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Title: [otd] 29th June 1898 - First trains across Newfoundland Post by: grahame on June 29, 2024, 10:45:19 From a visit in September 2019, there pictures from St Johns, Newfoundland showing museum pieces from the 3'6" gauge railway that ran 906 miles from there across the island from 1898 until the system was closed in 1988.
All around the world, there are stories of railways that were vital in their time but have been lost - this one at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Railway - and my visit there nearly five years ago made it feel personal. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/nfr19_1.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/nfr19_2.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/nfr19_3.jpg) The final picture is from around 20 years before the line closed, public domain (http://www.wellho.net/pix/nfr19_4.jpg) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |